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A public service post

posted 5 years ago by [deleted]
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What a bore this movie is.

It's a vacuous movie about the vacuous L.A. modeling industry so it's all very meta, doncha know.

It gets interesting for the last 15 minutes when it lurches into horror. To save you time, I'll sum up the first 105 minutes of the movie for you so you can fast forward to the only good part.

i. Elle Fanning is the naive -- and excruciatingly dull -- waif who arrives in LA hoping to kick start a modeling career.

ii. In a surprising-to-no-one twist she catches the attention of prominent agents, douchbag-y photographers and designers within a day or three it seems.

iii. She also catches the attention of two jealous past-their-prime skeletal models, and a lesbian makeup artist. Much dragged out conversation and many mean pouty looks ensue.

iv. Somewhere in there Keanu Reeves lurches in for a few scenes from some other movie. He's a douchebag landlord.

v. Lots and lots of synthmusic, primary coloured visuals, and 'that's-so-LA' stuff happens, none of it adding much to the tale.

You're welcome.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I completely disagree. This visionary, original horror film is thought provoking, disturbing and erotic. The women in the movie are gorgeous and all do a great job, especially the very beautiful Elle Fanning. The cinematography is excellent and the score is fantastic. A sexy, shocking, hypnotic and memorable film. My rating is a 9/10.

[–] Drooch (5333) 4 years ago

You’re attempting a plot breakdown of a film whose raison d’etre is its texture and mood and hoping people will join you in misunderstanding it. Fail.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

I didn't misunderstand it. You are right... it was exactly a cliche exercise in "texture and mood". That was the point of my post.

Did you really need a 117 minute movie of pouty models, long silences and blank looks to get to that point?

[–] Drooch (5333) 4 years ago

It wasn’t ‘cliche’, the texture and mood are woven into the subject matter, it all works together, so yes I ‘needed’ all of it in order to enjoy the film, which I did.